CHICAGO — After a stopover in the U.S. that lasted the better part of a century, a baroque landscape painting that went missing during World War II was returned to Germany on Thursday. The FBI handed over the artwork by 18th century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer to a German museum representative in a…
A stolen painting was returned to Germany after going missing for more than 78 years. The FBI recovered the painting after a company enlisted their help in retrieving it from a Chicago resident. Someone had previously tried to sell the painting in the Chicago art market in 2011. A stolen painting belonging to Germany made…
During World War II in Germany, an American soldier stole a baroque landscape painting created by 18th-century Austrian artist Johann Franz Nepomuk Lauterer. The family of the solider contacted Art Recovery International to return the stolen painting in what a German museum curator said was a rare moment. Nearly 80 years after the painting went…
